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PROPERTY FROM A PRINCELY COLLECTION
22 SHIBATA ZESHIN (1807-1891)
Anthropomorphic Turtles
Playing
Signed and dated Keio ni tsuchinoto shunjitsu
Zeshin (On a spring day in the second year of
Keio Era [1866] by Zeshin), sealed Tairyukyo
Handscroll; ink and light color on paper
12º x 277¿ in. (31 x 704 cm.)
With double wood boxes
$20,000-30,000
PROVENANCE:
Bonhams, London, 10 November 2011, lot 250
signature
